Many times, when you're experiencing an emotionally intense moment in your love relationship or marriage, the level of emotion stems from your brain interpreting key experiences
in your love relationship as a life or death situation.
Not exact matches
To fall
in love with a career can be
as rewarding
as any personal
relationship.
We're talking about
love relationships not the titillation of nerve endings -------- I notice you weren't really interested
in my answer
as giving me your take.
Undoubtedly, Jesus still
loves us all more than either of us could ever fathom but the only way you, me, we're going to be able to live fulfilled and victorious lives is by accepting God's truths
as they truly are
in the bible and by leaning on His grace for empowerment to walk
in them
in our personal
relationships with him.
Covenant gay
relationships, however, do promote
love in the stead of lust,
as do straight ones.
We're talking about
love relationships not the titillation of nerve endings
As to who can or can not hold a leadership position or who can or can not teach
in a church, I think it comes down to morals not legality.
And isn't the
relationship with God, and each spiritual journey going to lead us
in different directions — why do we need to judge others who profess
Love of God, who profess love of their fellow man, yet seem to us to act unkindly to others, how can we judge them unless we talk to them and understand them as well as God d
Love of God, who profess
love of their fellow man, yet seem to us to act unkindly to others, how can we judge them unless we talk to them and understand them as well as God d
love of their fellow man, yet seem to us to act unkindly to others, how can we judge them unless we talk to them and understand them
as well
as God does.
But,
as in any healthy
relationship, when we truly
love someone, we desire to pour our affection out on that person.
As we seek to build a
relationship with him through intentional time together, meaningful communication, and acts of service, we will find that he is already reaching out to us
in love (1 John 4:19).
The movie's family seems to have it all when it comes to money and fame, but
as their patriarch, Royal Tenenbaum, attempts to finally make peace with his children (
in his own dysfunctional way), we see that the only thing that really matters is
love and
relationships.
It has nothing really to do with religious faith - it has to do with people's ability,
in their final hours or days, to see
love as way to understand their life and their
relationships and find some comfort
in that understanding.
As I often say, as followers of Jesus, we have no choice but to move toward relationships with those who are marginalized, dehumanized and in need of lov
As I often say,
as followers of Jesus, we have no choice but to move toward relationships with those who are marginalized, dehumanized and in need of lov
as followers of Jesus, we have no choice but to move toward
relationships with those who are marginalized, dehumanized and
in need of
love.
Every year, millions of people abandon the institutional way of doing church, not because they are abandoning God, Jesus, or the Church, but because they find that intimate
relationships with others and
loving service
in the community apart from the systematized and scheduled meetings on Sunday morning is a more natural way of following Jesus and living life
as His disciples.
And I see no reason why the self - sacrificing
love of Jesus can not be modeled
in a committed same - sex
relationship as well
as it can be modeled
in a committed heterosexual
relationship.
-LSB-... this] ought not be surprising — except to those who carry a burden of false assumptions about
love, celibacy, and their
relationship...
As a mature man, he took the decision to express his [proven] capacity for love as a celibate in the priesthood... He was choosing to express his love and his paternal instinct spiritually, through the gift of his life in service to other
As a mature man, he took the decision to express his [proven] capacity for
love as a celibate in the priesthood... He was choosing to express his love and his paternal instinct spiritually, through the gift of his life in service to other
as a celibate
in the priesthood... He was choosing to express his
love and his paternal instinct spiritually, through the gift of his life
in service to others.
As St Paul says
in Ephesians 5, the more that the husband
in his
relationship with his wife reflects the sacrificial
love of Christ for His bride the Church, and the more that the wife
in her
relationship with her husband reflects the self - giving
love of the Church for her Bridegroom, the more they will be truly fulfilled and the more they will live up to what they are called to be.
In our own relationships with God, as we grow in secure attachment and intimacy, we are strengthened to resist lies or accusations and we are enabled to fulfill our calling to love God and one another (Deu
In our own
relationships with God,
as we grow
in secure attachment and intimacy, we are strengthened to resist lies or accusations and we are enabled to fulfill our calling to love God and one another (Deu
in secure attachment and intimacy, we are strengthened to resist lies or accusations and we are enabled to fulfill our calling to
love God and one another (Deut.
Am I incorrect
in saying that you believe that Christine and I can have a truly
loving relationship that we each see
as a big part of how we relate to the
love of God (like the article was suggesting) and yet, when we die and meet God face to face, he will tell us that we broke the rules and so our
relationship was detestable to Him and we must now spend eternity
in hell?
In this relationship of trust, the priest may speak the words and the love of Christ, the Good Shepherd, and leave the person in question free to respond to Christ as they wil
In this
relationship of trust, the priest may speak the words and the
love of Christ, the Good Shepherd, and leave the person
in question free to respond to Christ as they wil
in question free to respond to Christ
as they will.
The emphasis
in this line of thought is on sexual union simply
as a subjective, interpersonal
relationship of «
loving»; what might be called its «unitive aspect.»
Thus, instead of emphasizing aseity, or self - containedness
as well
as sheer self - existence,
as God's essential nature, such theologians give the central place to
love -
in - action, which presupposes and entails
relationships.
* worship God, whose will is and who has always yearned for us to...... be free and independent;... think;... be curious;... be intelligent and wise;... value knowledge over ignorance and compassion over knowledge;... be creative;... grow and mature;... live long healthy satisfying lives;... live non-violently without vengeance;... be generous;... be hospitable;... be compassionate;... do no harm;... heal and rehabilitate and restore;... forgive and reconcile and include all and have all participate;... be good stewards of all resources;... live here and now
as one family;... live
in a
loving intimate
relationship with God;... be transformed through resurrection; and... be the kingdom of God.
Nowhere
in your bible does your god condemn the saved
loving respectful
relationship of a gay couple
as we know and understand it today.
Nowhere
in your bible did your «jesus» condemn the
loving long term
relationship of a gay couple
as we know and understand it today.
* be guided and instructed by the Good News message, which is: ---- God is unconditional boundless grace and unlimited unrestrained
love and always has been; ---- God wants to have a
loving intimate
relationship with each of us without exception and without qualification; ---- seek justice
as healing and rehabilitation and restoration; ---- seek universal reconciliation and inclusion and participation; ----
in healthy partnership, compassionately serve all who are hurt or lost or oppressed; ---- be generous and hospitable to all; ---- live non-violently without vengeance and with a cheerful fearlessness of death and worldly powers; and ---- be — here and now — the Kingdom of God.
It is also striking to note how similar the works of wisdom are to the characteristics of
love as Paul lays them out
in 1 Corinthians James are marked by practices that restore and deepen
relationships between believers.
As meaningful as my marriage is and as much as I am in love with my husband — my marriage is not — no, it CAN NOT be the only relationship that holds «significance» in my lif
As meaningful
as my marriage is and as much as I am in love with my husband — my marriage is not — no, it CAN NOT be the only relationship that holds «significance» in my lif
as my marriage is and
as much as I am in love with my husband — my marriage is not — no, it CAN NOT be the only relationship that holds «significance» in my lif
as much
as I am in love with my husband — my marriage is not — no, it CAN NOT be the only relationship that holds «significance» in my lif
as I am
in love with my husband — my marriage is not — no, it CAN NOT be the only
relationship that holds «significance»
in my life.
Nothing about that feels
as real
as, say, Jack's
relationship with his dad on Lost, or the
love story
in Black Mirror's «San Junipero.»
Reconciliation: We are once again
in a
loving relationship with God, who asks us to be reconciled and
loving to each other
as well.
If Jesus is what the gospel proclaims him to be — that One
in whom the
love and light and life of God possessed completely a genuine human life, possessed it so fully that we may say of him,
as Mr. Basil Willey has well phrased it, that «the life of God is seen
in him
in human life» — then we can preach Jesus Christ
as decisive,
as definitive,
as the norm for the God - man
relationship and the clue to whatever else God may be purposing and accomplishing
in this vast and mysterious creation.
As Christians, we don't have to fear changes
in our
relationships, because the God who never changes sent his Son to walk among us and show us how to
love one another better.
It is not clear what a
relationship based on absolute otherness or separation would mean especially
in the
relationship between God and the believer, which many describe
as a
relationship of
love, worship and intimacy.
I don't believe the act itself is a sin if
in a
loving and committed
relationship; same
as heterosexuals.
As Carl Dudley writes, «When church size is measured by human
relationships, the small church is the largest expression of the Christian faith,» And David Ray reminds us that «small churches are the norm, primarily because many, many people still find them to be the right size
In which to
love God and neighbor.
I realize you have reading comprehension problems but nowhere
in your bible does your god condemn the saved
loving long term
relationship of a gay couple
as we know and understand it today.
This means that you and I can be courageous every day
in our
relationships as we care for those we
love.
However, to have a stable, healthy
relationship, one needs to have a healthy self -
love and self - acceptance, which is psychologically possible only when one can accept one's sexuality
as morally good and,
in a Christian context, compatible with God's
love.
Rather, God is still seen,
as in the Bible, to be entering into meaningful,
loving relationships with all creatures.
The exceptional fidelity, self - sacrifice and affection,
as well
as the pain, grief and sorrow and the deep spiritual response to the suffering and bereavement that is being expressed, is a sign to the churches of the presence of the Spirit of
love in these
relationships.
Thank you for being part of this growing movement of God
in the world, and for joining me on this journey out of religion and into a closer
relationship with Jesus
in which we learn to
love others
as we have been
loved.
But
as a teenager I found it very disturbing that there was no
relationship between all the nice things that were said
in church, about
love and kindness...
Love as equal regard should also leave the marital couple with an ethic of commitment sufficient to live together, raise children, meet hard times, confront misunderstandings and remain integrated
in the
relationship.
They work hard at their jobs, pay their taxes, worship
in Christian churches and
as Americans have the right to
love whom they want and legally bond
in that
relationship.
Hence we have every right to think that
in that dynamic life which is unsurpassable and hence divine there is, not a becoming more divine, which would be absurd, but an increasing capacity for finding occasions through which God may employ,
in one way or another, that which is always remembered; and also,
in this very action
as it continues on
in God's
relationship with creation, a growing acceptance of those who have contributed to the cosmic enterprise of
love at work
in creation.
Yes, he was
in the midst of his struggle to dedicate his life to the living God,
in the passionate storm of his deepest
love relationship, and
in utter despair
as he experienced Germany's ruin at the end of the First World War.
This is because the stress
in the pictures is on the divine all - sufficiency, total control, demand for moral rectitude, and active self - assertion, none of which fits
in very well with the focus on
Love — for love is always a matter of receiving as well as of giving, and it requires that both lover and beloved are involved in a kind of relationship which matters to and has its results for each of t
Love — for
love is always a matter of receiving as well as of giving, and it requires that both lover and beloved are involved in a kind of relationship which matters to and has its results for each of t
love is always a matter of receiving
as well
as of giving, and it requires that both lover and beloved are involved
in a kind of
relationship which matters to and has its results for each of them.
Jesus prayed that the church «may be one» just
as He is
in the Father (John 17: 21), and this goes for a
relationship as well — it is essential a couple be united by their
love for God.
Coming out, I come into the realization of myself
as best able to relate most intimately — to touch and be touched most deeply, to give and receive most naturally, to empower and be empowered most remarkably — best able to express everything I most value — God
in human life, God
in justice, God
in passion, God
as love —
in sexual
relationship to a lover who is female.
Further the symbol speaks of
Love — expressed
in the mutual
relationship of Father and Son bound together by the Spirit —
as the Ultimate dynamic reality.
rather, it is the living out of
love in relationship that i'm trying to articulate
as the spirit.